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The Family That Had Its Own Army: Inside the Wei Crime Group’s 122 Billion Yuan Empire
On October 13, 2026, the Quanzhou Intermediate People’s Court and the Nan’an People’s Court in Fujian Province delivered first-instance judgments in the Wei family criminal group cases. Wei Huairen, Chen Dawei, and Liao Jingfang received death sentences. Wei Qingtao, Kang Min, and Xiong Hengxing received life imprisonment. Su Hongxiang, Deng Zida, Chen Longjiang, and 52 others, 55 defendants total, received fixed-term sentences from 24 years to 3 years and 3 months.
By Jin15 days ago in Criminal
She Walked Into the Wrong Room. He Knew She Wasn't His Friend. A Court Called It Rape.
At around 3 a.m. in 2025, the hallway of a wellness club in Yibin, Sichuan, was dim. Ms. Lu, in her early thirties, left Room 808 to use the bathroom. She had been drinking at a dinner with friends and had been given the room to sleep it off. Her steps were unsteady. She held the wall to keep her balance.
By Jin15 days ago in Criminal
She Thought It Was Her Boyfriend. It Was a Stranger. The Court Called It Rape.
Wrong Room, Wrong Man At 5 a.m. on July 27, 2019, at the Gucheng Hotel in Dege County, the bar lights were out. The defendant, called Moumou Zhen here, returned with three friends. His friends went into their room. He did not. He walked to the bar counter and spoke to the waitress. She rejected him. He turned back. Two room doors in the corridor were open. He entered 307.
By Jin15 days ago in Criminal
He Caught His Wife Cheating. The Knife Cost Him Three Years of Freedom.
At about 9 p.m. on May 12, 2026, Zhang followed his wife Zhao. She said she was going to work the night shift. He suspected an affair.
By Jin15 days ago in Criminal
He Thought the Window Was Closed. Then a Phone Slid Through the Screen.
At 11 p.m. on April 16, 2025, Zhang and his girlfriend checked into a first-floor room at a Shanghai hotel. Zhang believed the window was closed. He was not sure whether it was locked. That detail would matter later.
By Jin15 days ago in Criminal
He Left at 3 A.M. to Beat the Rain. A Gunshot Ended His Life.
On October 13, Mr. Cheng of Jingmen, Hubei, told reporters that his 64-year-old brother, also named Cheng, was shot and killed by an airgun while working in his own field in the early hours of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
By Jin15 days ago in Criminal
She Sold Six-Yuan Fried Potatoes. Then the Internet Killed Her.
How many potatoes go into a paper bowl should have been something a single sentence could settle: “Give me a little more next time.”
By Jin15 days ago in Criminal
Brendan Dassey:
Brendan Dassey: The Confession, the Conviction, and the Questions That Never Went Away He was sixteen years old when investigators questioned him about a murder. He had significant learning and communication difficulties. He eventually confessed to participating in a brutal crime, then insisted that his confession was false. A federal judge overturned his conviction, an appeals court reversed that decision, and the United States Supreme Court declined to intervene.
By Lilithea Adasia15 days ago in Criminal
The 4:17 A.M. Crash I Keep Rewatching
The dash camera clock reads 4:17. The truck moves in the right lane. The road is straight. The sky is black. Nothing demands a reaction. The steering wheel turns a little. The cab drifts toward the white line. Then the wheel corrects. The tires cross the rumble strip, and the sound is like fingernails dragged across sheet metal. The driver’s head hangs low. His face sits in shadow. The seatbelt buckle is empty. The metal tongue rests against the seat and swings with the cab. It taps the plastic shell. Tap. Tap.
By Jin20 days ago in Criminal
Northern Myanmar’s Scam Industry Won’t Die in a Courtroom
CCTV aired A Record of the Fall of Telecom Fraud in Northern Myanmar . Many viewers felt relief. On screen, bosses who once ruled compounds with absolute authority have shaved heads, wear prison uniforms, and stand in court. Put their faces beside the wanted notices and little changes. Scroll back further and most came from ordinary backgrounds. Some ran small shops. Some drifted through casinos. Some ran errands along the border. Their common trait was location, guns, and connections. They dared to kidnap and defraud. In another place, without armed groups collecting protection money, without cross-border money laundering, without truckloads of young people tricked over, many might be street debt collectors, labor contractors, or small bosses.
By Jin21 days ago in Criminal
His Parents Said He Was Too Young to Understand. A Court Still Made Them Pay.
On August 27, 2025, in Liuyang, Hunan, a 9-year-old boy named Liu rode a bicycle along the south auxiliary road of Huapao Avenue. He turned right without warning and crossed the motor vehicle lane. Nie was riding a motorcycle in the same direction with Dai on the back. Nie could not stop in time. Both vehicles crashed. Three people were hurt. Two vehicles were damaged.
By Jin21 days ago in Criminal
Myanmar Said No Chinese Died. Chinese Police Dug Up Three Bodies.
December 2023, Laukkai, Kokang, northern Myanmar. Fighter jets flew overhead. Explosions sent smoke up from positions in the distance.
By Jin22 days ago in Criminal